Diabetes
Medtronic expands recall to include more than 463,000 insulin pumps
Medtronic has expanded a recall of its MiniMed 600 series insulin pumps to include more than 463,000 of the devices.
Oct 05, 2021
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Cardiology
FDA warns doctors to stop using heart pump tied to deaths
U.S. health regulators warned surgeons Thursday to stop implanting a heart pump made by Medtronic due to power failures recently tied to cases of stroke and more than a dozen deaths.
Jun 03, 2021
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Cardiology
IPhone12 will stop your implantable defibrillator
In a recent paper in the journal Heart Rhythm, doctors describe how they turned off the potentially life-saving cardiac defibrillator function of an implanted Medtronic device simply by holding an iPhone 12 near it. The authors ...
Diabetes
Medtronic MiniMed 600 series insulin pumps recalled
(HealthDay)—More than 322,000 MiniMed 600 Series Insulin Pumps have been recalled by Medtronic due to a defect that could cause them to malfunction and put users at risk for serious harm or death.
Feb 15, 2020
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Diabetes
Medtronic recalls some insulin pumps as FDA warns they could be hacked
(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that some high-tech insulin pumps made by Medtronic are being recalled for potential cybersecurity risks that could leave them vulnerable to hacking.
Jun 28, 2019
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Cardiology
Hidden reports masked the scope of widespread harm from faulty heart device
Faced with the possibility that a bout of abnormal heartbeats could end his life, in 2006, Dr. Marc Sicklick had a small device implanted in his chest that would shock it back into rhythm. Soon he would struggle with another ...
May 22, 2019
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Surgery
Medtronic Mazor X robotic surgery system enters medical mainstream
Following years of work, Medtronic is launching the newest Mazor X spinal surgery system with robotic navigation in the United States, with two systems already sold in Minnesota.
Feb 28, 2019
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Cardiology
Medtronic co-founder who created wearable pacemaker dies
Earl Bakken, an electronics repairman who created the first wearable external pacemaker and co-founded one of the world's largest medical device companies, Medtronic, has died. He was 94.
Oct 22, 2018
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Cardiology
Medtronic recalls InSync III pacemakers due to battery issue
Medtronic has recalled nearly 97,000 advanced InSync III pacemakers for treating heart failure, saying the globally distributed devices may have batteries that put out less power than they should.
Dec 02, 2015
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Cardiology
Medtronic gets approval for MRI-safe heart implant
Medtronic said Monday that it has been cleared to market a heart defibrillator implant that can be safely used in an MRI scanner.
Sep 14, 2015
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